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NPR's Brian Naylor reports that Vice President Dick Cheney previewed recommendations for Bush administration energy policies that calls for more power plants and oil drilling in Alaska's wild lands. He said conservation and alternative energy sources are not enough to prevent the nation from experiencing the crisis now seen in California.

The 2000 census shows more cities grew during the 1990s than in the previous decade. Host Bob Edwards talks to Bruce Katz, director of the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution, about why some cities performed better than others.

NPR's Rick Karr reports on a case before a New York Appeals Court today that questions a section of the copyright laws. It is illegal to provide anyone with devices to break into digital lock boxes -- such as the scrambling system built into DVDs. But opponents of the law say it limits consumer rights.

Writer MICHAEL CHABON (SHAY-bon). Chabon won a year 2001 Pulitzer prize for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Random House). His other books include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and a collection of stories called Werewolves in Their Youth. Last year his book Wonder Boys was adapted into a film starring Michael Douglas. He has also written for many publications including The New Yorker, Harper's, and Esquire.

Commentator and poet Andrei Codrescu offers his unique perspective on world events, free trade, human rights, and consumerism. Ideologies are giving way to the marketplace, he says.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Bush will propose a National Missile Defense plan today. In a speech at National Defense University, he is expected to warn that the U.S. needs protection against rogue nations -- even if that means violating arms treaties.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on a four-day meeting in Ottawa to discuss whether genetically engineered food should be labeled as such. Many common foods contain genetically engineered ingredients. Food manufacturers are worried if product labels disclosed that, consumer fear would put an end to the promising field of biotechnology.

Writer Micheline Aharonian Marcom examines the persecution of Christians in Turkey during the early 20th century in her first novel: Three Apples Fell From Heaven. Alan Cheuse has a review. (1:45) The book is published by Riverside.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Simon Ingram of the BBC about the mass protests in the Philippines. Citizens in Manila are protesting the arrest of former leader Joseph Estrada, and the U.S. says the country is in a state of rebellion.

Host Bob Edwards talks with professor Ted Olson about the works of Appalachian writer James Still, who died at 94 this weekend. Still's work was widely popular in the 1930's, but he never received as much notoriety as other writers of the time. Now a new collection of his poetry will be published by The University Press of Kentucky in June. It's called From the Mountain, From the Valley.